HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1967-4435RESOLUTION N0. 4435
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA
URGING PASSAGE OF ASSEMBLY BILL N0. 2395 AND ASSEMBLY CON-
STITUTIONAL AMENDMENT N0.7~, PROVIDING FOR THE IMPOSITION
OF A 2% TAX UPON TELEPHONE COMPANIES' REVENUES
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby resolve
as follows:
WHEREAS, the telephone companies in the State of California are
presently exempt from the payment of any franchise fees, which franchise fees
are imposed upon all other private utilities utilizing the public rights-of-
way, and
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill No. 2395 and Assembly Constitutional Amend-
ment No. 74 would restore revenues presently lost to the cities, which other
private utilities are required to pay, and would again place the telephone
utilities in the same position as all other utilities with respect to payment
of a fee for the valuable privilege of using public rights-of-way to engage
in business, and
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill No. 2395 would impose a 2% tax on the regular
monthly recurring charges paid for intrastate telephone service and would be
administered by the State Board of Equalization, to be returned to cities on
the basis of incorporated population and to counties on the basis of population
in the unincorporated territory, and
WHEREAS, if Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 74 were approved,
said Assembly Bill No. 2395 would cease to be operative and the constitutional
amendment would impose a 2% quarterly tax on telephone companies' revenues re-
ceived from regular monthly recurring charges paid for intrastate telephone
services, and distribution of the revenues would be the same as provided under
the provisions of Assembly Bill No. 2395.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Chula Vista, on behalf of themselves and the taxpayers of this community, do
hereby urge the Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation to recommend the
passage of Assembly Bill No. 2395 and Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 74
and that the Legislature of the State of California and the Governor of the
State of California adopt said legislation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk of the City of Chula
Vista be, and he is hereby directed to forward certified copies of this
resolution to the Chairman of the Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation,
the Honorable John G. Veneman, to the Governor of the State of California,
the Honorable Ronald Reagan, and to all members of the legislative delegation
of the County of San Diego.
Presented by
C` ._ Zf
Fred A. Ross, Chief Administrative
Officer
Approved as to form
George D. Li~i~dberg, City Attorney {'~
-2-
ADOPTED AT?D APPROVED by the CITY COLS?CIL of the CITv OF C??L~LA j/iSTt~
CALIFORNIA, this 13th day of June , 19 67 by the follo~aine rote,
to-wit:
AYES: Councilmen Sparlin~, Sylyester, Anderson, McCorauodale, McAllister
t?AYES: Councilmen None
ABSENT: Councilmen None
i
~-
nr~ (° x~-r ~~~
yor o the City of Chu a Vista ~`~~
AT TE S T - ~--~_.,z . -e~e ~~
J City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COli~dTY OF SAP+ DIEGO ) ss.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, KENNETH p. CAMPBELL, City Clerk of the City of Chula Vista, CalLrorni_a,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and corre~L copy- ~~i
and that the same has not been amended
or repealed.
DATED ;
City Cleric